@mischievoussnuffles did not ask for the angst but is receiving the angst.
Fuck.
That was all Marlene could think at that moment---and perhaps wonder how the hell she got separated from the rest of the group. It’d have probably been a lot easier to look and see where they could have possibly went without her had it not been for the insolent git who didn’t seem to have anything better to do but make her life complete hell. Perhaps that might have seemed a bit dramatic, but this was supposed to be a simple raid and the last thing she saw of the others was Gideon Prewett getting hit with what looked to be a nasty curse and Marlene was concerned about him.
The brunette gave a sigh and managed to hold her hood up, a general thing she did just in case things like this were to happen. Marlene didn’t particularly want to be recognized a day later because chances were the Death Eaters she ran across in the middle of the night she’d also run across in the streets during the middle of the day. Her frustration was building and it showed because she was getting sloppy and the next spell which had been aimed at her was frighteningly close to actually hitting her.
It was then that she moved her intention away from maiming, but instead to deflection because she wasn’t going to get anywhere if this was to keep up. When her next spell finally hit she had a small moment of victory and had been ready to leave until she noticed that the mask she was so used to staring back at during one of the duels was gone. Marlene should have left, but information on who might be under the mask was valuable. It was so rare these days and the Order could use a fucking break, so hesitantly she stepped forward to get just a glimpse until she received said glimpse and froze.
No.
Fuck.
The chill did nothing to make her move and she wasn’t sure if it had been hours...minutes...or seconds before she finally allowed her mind to start processing things again. However, when she did move it wasn’t to attack or flee, but to merely drop her wand and turn around as she let out a growl of frustration. The will to fight had all of the sudden vanished into thin air and she wasn’t sure who she hated more now: herself, or him. “You son of a bitch!”













